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to education, which is what you're after to improve your life. >> this is the life you will lead if you have a child at this age and this is the life you could have if you stay in school and get an education. (multiple speakers). >> don't the reality shows, the point of the reality shows that they are busting stereotypes showing how rot 10 is to be a teen mother -- video. (multiple speakers) (multiple speakers). >> -- just being on tv is enough for some people to think it's cool. >> you got to care. here is the life you can have if you don't get pregnant. that's important. at the same time though, frankly we have been way too accepting of teenaged motherhood in this country at every refuel i'm not saying to scorn people but shouldn't be celebrated. >> that's it for edition of too the contrary. next week for women's history month, a special show honoring women making history. let us know who you think is the most influential woman in history. please check our website, c cbs.org. this week, gay marriage makes headlines nationwide. and whether your views for agreement or to the contrar
to education, which is what you're after to improve your life. >> this is the life you will lead if you have a child at this age and this is the life you could have if you stay in school and get an education. (multiple speakers). >> don't the reality shows, the point of the reality shows that they are busting stereotypes showing how rot 10 is to be a teen mother -- video. (multiple speakers) (multiple speakers). >> -- just being on tv is enough for some people to think it's...
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kids, we know it's important to their education, education's important to their college. for too many kids, the link between school, college, job is just, there's gaps. we've tried now, we've got five high schools. >> rose: the perception. >> charlie the way i try to explain it to people, i got kids who live four miles from downtown and downtown is just a world apart from them. all the possibility there. and the education system finish high school so you can go to college. it's just not part of their world experience. so now we set assist tells high schools, science technology engineering, ninth grade to 14th it has the counseling, the mentor. you finish all the way to 14th, great. two year college. you will get your first interview at the school that is oracle, motorola solutions, microsoft, ibm, verizon. they've all each taken a high school. when i announce this, one high school on vocational school, they had a person specific just to answer phone calls from parents figuring how to enroll their kids. for these kids, they don't see high school finishing and relating to a
kids, we know it's important to their education, education's important to their college. for too many kids, the link between school, college, job is just, there's gaps. we've tried now, we've got five high schools. >> rose: the perception. >> charlie the way i try to explain it to people, i got kids who live four miles from downtown and downtown is just a world apart from them. all the possibility there. and the education system finish high school so you can go to college. it's just...
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it makes a better-educated public. guys like me laid the groundwork, and we want to see it put to good use. that's why jack included his public television station in his will. consider joining the community of people who want public television to span generations.
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the a brazilian workforce is not very well educated. the quality of education is low. but it is possible to improve our education by investing our resources. we should improve the performance of our teachers. >> wages are very low, $10,000 a year. >> they are very low. in order to improve the situation, we need to lead the way of the performance. but teachers that are there every day doing a good job, they're getting better paid and improving in their career. if you pay everyone the same, there is no way they're going to put more effort. >> let's put this in the context of the other brics. order they doing that brazil is not doing? >> there is the example of china, for example. people think shanghai has done with very well. those other emerging economies are growing a lot based on productivity. brazil has been growing by employing more people but now unemployment is very low. the only way we can grow further in the future is by improving our productivity. in order to do that we have to introduce new innovation and technology. the only way to do that is having a more qu
the a brazilian workforce is not very well educated. the quality of education is low. but it is possible to improve our education by investing our resources. we should improve the performance of our teachers. >> wages are very low, $10,000 a year. >> they are very low. in order to improve the situation, we need to lead the way of the performance. but teachers that are there every day doing a good job, they're getting better paid and improving in their career. if you pay everyone the...
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it's also less likely they're going to re-engage in education. that's associated with unemployment, low wages, and you know there is evidence that there's increased likelihood of getting in trouble in the community and those are all bad outcomes. >> reporter: so the emphasis at henderson is on early intervention and a big part of that is technology. former principal dr. bill henderson realized more than 20 years ago how technology could help l.d. kids-- he was going blind back then and had to learn braille from scratch. it gave him special insights. >> when we read, most people with their eyes, i now with my ears or with my fingers, you have to figure out what the text, print or braille dots are saying. that's decoding. and many children who have specific learning disabilities, in particular dyslexia, have to put extra energies and efforts into decoding text. you cannot read as much material, you can't keep up with grade-level and rigorous material, >> i wanted to show you. >> reporter: current principal trician lampron showed us how one second g
it's also less likely they're going to re-engage in education. that's associated with unemployment, low wages, and you know there is evidence that there's increased likelihood of getting in trouble in the community and those are all bad outcomes. >> reporter: so the emphasis at henderson is on early intervention and a big part of that is technology. former principal dr. bill henderson realized more than 20 years ago how technology could help l.d. kids-- he was going blind back then and...
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for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board -- there's something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> if anybody is taking notes, it was 1904 through 1914 that the canal was built. the united states controlled until 1999 and now they turn it back over to the authority of the government. >> it is not politically correct to say -- the mission was different. now it is from all lot different. >> what does it cost to take a ship through the canal? >> about $250,000. now is three times that for the bigger ones. >> it could be $750,000 because of the number of containers. the americans had another division. it's not that we raise tolls, but we changed -- they were made when there were ships that prepared grain and it was not built for containers. they were just charging for the ship going through. but th
for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board -- there's something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> if anybody is taking notes, it was 1904 through 1914 that the canal was built. the united states controlled until 1999 and now they turn it back over to the...
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for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board. there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> ambassador, the czech republic is landlocked, isn't it? >> yes. >> tell me the border countries so people can visit it on imap. >> it is bordered with germany. we are basically a trying goal that comes into the belly of germany. we border with bavaria on the south, and saxony on the north. and of our north border, it is quite a long border, with portland. and our eastern border, we border -- with poland. and our eastern border, we border with slovakia. >> the population of the czech republic now is how much? >> it used to be a 50 million nation, czechoslovakia, and it split 2 to one. >> and the capital, of course, as prague. which i understand is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> th
for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board. there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> ambassador, the czech republic is landlocked, isn't it? >> yes. >> tell me the border countries so people can visit it on imap. >> it is bordered...
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for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. anne, thank you so much for joining us. we are talking about nuclear energy and nuclear power. are they the same thing? >> i think you can call than the -- i think you can call them same thing. nuclear energy, nuclear power, using nuclear reactors to generate power, pretty much the same term. >> and nuclear power, nuclear energy used for electricity, heating, things like that. do you know off the top of your head what percentage of our power in the united states comes from nuclear energy? >> i should know this more precisely. i think it is about 25%. >> and throughout the world is a big deal, right, more so than in the united states? >> france, for example, has 85% of its power, from nuclear reactors. so in some countries, very substantial. japan, prior to fukushima, was extremely substantial. >> how do we step from nuclear power and energy to nuclear weapons
for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. anne, thank you so much for joining us. we are talking about nuclear energy and nuclear power. are they the same thing? >> i think you can call than the -- i think you can call them same thing. nuclear energy, nuclear power, using nuclear reactors to generate power, pretty much the same term. >> and nuclear power, nuclear...
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>> yes. >> evidently a very educated country. 99% literacy rate. in one report that i read, it said that you come out 15th best educated in the entire world. how did that happen? >> i hope that is still the case. of course, the world is changing and we have to do better in our higher education to make it more competitive to use the opportunities that are for young people to travel to study abroad and to really get most of it, that is not to be the case in my generation give them a member of the u.n., of course, nato, the eu -- which you just referenced a bit ago. and this cooperation of economic development. >> o ecb? >> yes. so what is the basis of the foreign-policy? is there a goal of the foreign- policy of the czech republic? >> we have three priorities. the first is to be a good neighbor to our neighbors. which is the most unfortunate thing. of course. and we are -- we, as i said, are very good neighbors to our brothers, the slovaks, to poland. we had even a regional cooperation group that is called v-4, which we now happen to be the chair, th
>> yes. >> evidently a very educated country. 99% literacy rate. in one report that i read, it said that you come out 15th best educated in the entire world. how did that happen? >> i hope that is still the case. of course, the world is changing and we have to do better in our higher education to make it more competitive to use the opportunities that are for young people to travel to study abroad and to really get most of it, that is not to be the case in my generation give...
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or to solve an issue of a country on the education, if you will. or to solve a healthcare issue. >> rose: and learn about acquisitions because that's been part of your growth and you continue to be. >> but charlie, i think most people in high tech would say, we learned how to do acquisitions extremely well. and it really expands what innovation's b the bus word around the world whether you're a company individual or country is how fast can you innovate. high tech use to innovated by doing it themselves. what we brought to the market was the ability to innovate by doing it yourselves including internal start ups but also by acquiring and building on acquisitions. we've done about 150 acquisitions over the years. if we had just stayed in our original product area on the routers, we would be about one seventh the size we are today. we moved into areas called switching through acquisitions. that's 30% of our business. we moved into areas like data centers through acquisitions. we're growing 90% in this area, gaining market share. >> rose: what's intere
or to solve an issue of a country on the education, if you will. or to solve a healthcare issue. >> rose: and learn about acquisitions because that's been part of your growth and you continue to be. >> but charlie, i think most people in high tech would say, we learned how to do acquisitions extremely well. and it really expands what innovation's b the bus word around the world whether you're a company individual or country is how fast can you innovate. high tech use to innovated by...
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if we are, or because we have been educated, if we have, but because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. >> mrs. darcy is engaged to my daughter, now what are you to say? >> you can have no reason to suppose you would make an offer to me. >> you selfish girl. this has been planned since their infancy, do you think it can be prevent bid a young woman of inferior birth. >> you have no courage. stick your finger out and it will come right. >> i am trying to save your finances. >> i don't need your protection, thank you very much. >> >> they are obviously not daring enough, why don't we get rid of the clothes. >> pardon? me? >> let's have naked girls. >> i think -- when i was young i had such a vision of myself. i dreamt i would be someone to be reckoned with, you know, in the world. but one learns one's scale. i have thought of ending my days alone. >> my dear you must not concern yourself, a great actress like yourself has many things on your mind. >> you think i am a great actress? >> you know how to act for the camera. >> rose: so what do you think? >> already so
if we are, or because we have been educated, if we have, but because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. >> mrs. darcy is engaged to my daughter, now what are you to say? >> you can have no reason to suppose you would make an offer to me. >> you selfish girl. this has been planned since their infancy, do you think it can be prevent bid a young woman of inferior birth. >> you have no courage. stick your finger out and it will come right. >>...
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for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the to trust.yfaar later, i will talk with kazakhstan's foreign minister. right now, a visit with the u.s. ambassador to kazakhstan, kenneth fairfax. >> what should americans know about kazakhstan? >> i think the short answer is a lot more than they currently do. >> thank you. >> it is the ninth largest country on earth. it is a country that has a rather extraordinary relations with the united states, and yet most people really know either nothing or worse than nothing -- what they have seen in a movie, which is the opposite of reality, of course. there is a lot to learn. >> what are the mutual interests of the two countries, the united states and kazakhstan? >> we have many. you can look at it as an edgy, food security. lots of overlapping interests. but what would come to most people first is non- proliferation and world security. kazakhstan, after the fall of the soviet union has --
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not people that come could to us with requests. >> charlie: the principal focus is in education. >> education is the most time consuming. >> charlie: you believe it has huge consequences if we don't get it. >> i sure do. you know, it was 28 years ago when they wrote a nation at risk. three weeks ago the council on foreign relations came out with a report saying education is a major national security issue. that 70% of people 18-24 are not fit to serve in the military. i found that astounding. >> charlie: what should we do? >> we have to fix a broken system. >> charlie: charter schools are one way? >> charter schools... public charter schools are one way. it gives parents a choice. it allows the breast practices that they have to be emulated at other public schools. we need a longer school day, a longer school year. our kids are shortchanged. they only get 720 hours a year on average in academics. in other countries it's one-and-a-half times that. >> charlie: we have fallen behind other countries. >> we sure have. >> charlie: in a significant way. >> we used to have the number one graduation r
not people that come could to us with requests. >> charlie: the principal focus is in education. >> education is the most time consuming. >> charlie: you believe it has huge consequences if we don't get it. >> i sure do. you know, it was 28 years ago when they wrote a nation at risk. three weeks ago the council on foreign relations came out with a report saying education is a major national security issue. that 70% of people 18-24 are not fit to serve in the military. i...
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and he thinks that we were educated in the west, you cannot look back to a much. it is not a direct answer. he just feels that you have to move on. she is not with us. but you guys are ok. it is hard to go deeper or get other information, but i asked him each time i get closer. sisters and brothers. i met my cousins on my mother's side. each time i get closer, and maybe one day i will get a picture. tavis: your father, who named you marcus samuelsson, he passed away. you were very close, but you did not make it to the funeral. your grandmother who helped do in the kitchen passed away, and you did not make it to the funeral. not getting closure on a loved ones. how do you turn the page when you're not able to get to either of their funerals. >> i do not know if i can, actually. the journey of committing myself in the way that i have done, there is a price, and i am not saying i picked the right road, but i picked a road. the circumstances were that i cannot leave the states because i was working on my papers, and i had my mother's blessing. tavis: your immigration
and he thinks that we were educated in the west, you cannot look back to a much. it is not a direct answer. he just feels that you have to move on. she is not with us. but you guys are ok. it is hard to go deeper or get other information, but i asked him each time i get closer. sisters and brothers. i met my cousins on my mother's side. each time i get closer, and maybe one day i will get a picture. tavis: your father, who named you marcus samuelsson, he passed away. you were very close, but...
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the way to of power not just those girls, but those women more broadly is to get education and make sure that those women are in a position to be able to protect their daughters, send their daughters to school, and educate the members of their family and their community, but you have to have enforcement mechanisms in place as well. in a place like rwanda, for example, there are hot lines available to women suffering from domestic violence and abuse to be able to take action. it is such a national, governmental priority, but they have made it available to women throughout all levels of society, and that is what it will take to make the legislation anywhere near meaningful in a place like pakistan. >> briefly, you are convinced it can be done? >> i think rwanda is an excellent success story where you have women and 56% of women parliamentarians, but also women equally in power at the grassroots level. >> thank you for joining us. one final note from pakistan -- in a bbc interview, the pakistani prime minister was asked about why bbc world news has been removed from cable transmissions in t
the way to of power not just those girls, but those women more broadly is to get education and make sure that those women are in a position to be able to protect their daughters, send their daughters to school, and educate the members of their family and their community, but you have to have enforcement mechanisms in place as well. in a place like rwanda, for example, there are hot lines available to women suffering from domestic violence and abuse to be able to take action. it is such a...
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you mentioned education. we heard a call to action. what more can he do that he has not already done? >> he has tried to get the congress to help us back fill some of these unfunded programs like infrastructure projects that would create more construction jobs, not just in that industry but everything that is of sillery and connected to that. that would bring down the an atomic rate quite quickly, but these folks on the other side of the aisle just keep saying no. >> one of the biggest areas we have seen job losses is the government. what can you do about that? >> we have stabilized that. two years ago, we saw a tremendous loss. the president did help to back fill some of that. now, local governments have to get on their feet. some of them are, because their state and local property-tax as have gone down. once the economy goes up, you will see those positions coming back into play. we do need those teachers, because they will impact the the young people going out and looking for work. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> it ha
you mentioned education. we heard a call to action. what more can he do that he has not already done? >> he has tried to get the congress to help us back fill some of these unfunded programs like infrastructure projects that would create more construction jobs, not just in that industry but everything that is of sillery and connected to that. that would bring down the an atomic rate quite quickly, but these folks on the other side of the aisle just keep saying no. >> one of the...
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. >> and just wasn't happy with the way my education prepared me to help people. the typical education teaches you tow analyze problems but not actually to solve them. and i was frustrated by my inability to really relieve people's pain and distress. being a complainer, i complained to a lot of people, and a friend mine told me about phil stutts and a seminar he was giving. >> rose: what did he say? >> he was techg a tool, the first tool in the book but what was really impressive, unlike all the other therapists i met, he didn't talk down to people. >> basically, a tool is a procedure. it's an inner procedure you can excuse it will change your state to help you deal with the problem. the problem is you're feeling a little depressed -- just as an example. or another example would be your obsession, you're angry with somebody, you can't get them out of consider head. if you want to remove the problem really quickly. it won't remove it permanently. for that you use the tool over and over and over again. but the fact that it did make a change quick gives people hope c
. >> and just wasn't happy with the way my education prepared me to help people. the typical education teaches you tow analyze problems but not actually to solve them. and i was frustrated by my inability to really relieve people's pain and distress. being a complainer, i complained to a lot of people, and a friend mine told me about phil stutts and a seminar he was giving. >> rose: what did he say? >> he was techg a tool, the first tool in the book but what was really...
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he wants them to spend more on health care and education. that will require enormous investments. a photographer remembers the young xi. >> he should be prepared to fight our enemies abroad. cups of avoiding conflict with a rise in china is one of america's priorities. xi jinping controls the world's biggest army as well as a nuclear arsenal. >> he is not somebody who sticks to talking points. he is somebody who engages. we will be able to deal with in the future. >> china's new leaders on his very first day is already bringing a change of style. the unknown is whether he will be able to bring a change of substance, too. >> for more on the changes announced in beijing, i spoke with our next guest who formerly served as ambassador to china. there has been lots of speculation over just to xi jinping actually is. you have met him. do you detect any great change in direction? >> no, i do not. i think xi jinping is more personable than his predecessor. he seems more comfortable in his own skin, more easygoing, more self assured. those are the personal characteristics. i thought they we
he wants them to spend more on health care and education. that will require enormous investments. a photographer remembers the young xi. >> he should be prepared to fight our enemies abroad. cups of avoiding conflict with a rise in china is one of america's priorities. xi jinping controls the world's biggest army as well as a nuclear arsenal. >> he is not somebody who sticks to talking points. he is somebody who engages. we will be able to deal with in the future. >> china's...
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missing out on years of education after militants broke down the village. thanks to the amnesty program, they have a second chance. not all areas are getting help. they drove deep into the land that was fabulously rich in oil without much to show for it. at night, young men paddled their way to steal crude oil. it is boiled in these drums. the legal refining is dangerous work. >> one of the workers that did not want to be a identified said that there was no violence in this area. he says that he learned unless you take up arms, you will not get any help. it is a dangerous message. >> it is the lack of job opportunities that cause these people to do this kind of work. there will have to tackle the militancy and the poverty. unless people see development, this may be seen as a wasted development -- opportunity to change a region. >> today, attributes are pouring in from around the world for gore vidal. the political writer and commentator he died on tuesday. >> he was a literary, political, social, and intellectual heavyweight. global stature, he always spoke
missing out on years of education after militants broke down the village. thanks to the amnesty program, they have a second chance. not all areas are getting help. they drove deep into the land that was fabulously rich in oil without much to show for it. at night, young men paddled their way to steal crude oil. it is boiled in these drums. the legal refining is dangerous work. >> one of the workers that did not want to be a identified said that there was no violence in this area. he says...
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the company's education business, kaplan, lost money in the first quarter as for-profit education has come under regulatory pressure over student financial aid money. with stocks selling off, investors crowded into the bond market, looking for some relative protection. that sent bond prices up, pushing bond interest rates down. the yield on the 10-year government benchmark note is at 1.88%. its lowest in three months. troubles in the corner office continue at yahoo. after only a few months on the job, c.e.o. scott thompson is under fire for what the company called an inadvertent error. it turns out he does not have a computer science degree as originally claimed. shares fell more than 1.5%. an activist hedge fund that owns about 5% of the stock first raised questions and now thinks thompson should leave yahoo. it was a much different reception today for linkedin. shares jumped 7% after reporting strong earnings thanks to connecting professionals with companies looking to hire. the latest company to give us a clue about the chinese economy is estee lauder, warning of a potential slowdo
the company's education business, kaplan, lost money in the first quarter as for-profit education has come under regulatory pressure over student financial aid money. with stocks selling off, investors crowded into the bond market, looking for some relative protection. that sent bond prices up, pushing bond interest rates down. the yield on the 10-year government benchmark note is at 1.88%. its lowest in three months. troubles in the corner office continue at yahoo. after only a few months on...
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because ultimately, of all the things that are relevant, i think education is the most important. >> rose: it is, indeed, and not discussed much in terms-- this politicalebate has not been about edution, for example, here. >> no, not enough. >> rose: what kind of ideas-- which brings me to another idea i know you're part of and how do you assess it, which is 10,000 women? >> yup, yup, yup. again, it's-- by the way, in the context of the-- i don't know, a strange part of me first answer ago the call of the challenge country is now italy, wch is a big country. if they were to get further toward the greek side, that would be a real disaster. >> rose: beuse the enomy is so much bigger. >> the eighth largestconomy in the world. but one of italy's most basic problems i think is not much more than 40% of women work. so one of the things italy needs to do is develop a society where they actually embrace more women working. and so that-- you know, it's so basic but it's so key in that sense. i love what we've adopted as 10,000 wilin terms of those directly trying to help women in many emergin
because ultimately, of all the things that are relevant, i think education is the most important. >> rose: it is, indeed, and not discussed much in terms-- this politicalebate has not been about edution, for example, here. >> no, not enough. >> rose: what kind of ideas-- which brings me to another idea i know you're part of and how do you assess it, which is 10,000 women? >> yup, yup, yup. again, it's-- by the way, in the context of the-- i don't know, a strange part of...
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in education as well. >> absolutely. that's what i think while the secretary made a number of key points, i think both of us feel very strongly that one of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. if people believe the game is rigged, if people no longer believe that you can start out anywhere and end up at the top successfully, in america, that the american dream is part of the past, i think that erodes sense of belief and confidence in our nation. it makes us inward looking. it makes us envious of other people. all the kinds of things that we have avoided as a people. if that turns against us, then i think our national security will be affected. >> today thed sad fact is that for the children who have the fewest options, the educational system is not delivering. if i can look at your zip code and i can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem. >> brown: you feel you can do that? >> i think increasingly if you are a child in difficult circumstances, the neighborho
in education as well. >> absolutely. that's what i think while the secretary made a number of key points, i think both of us feel very strongly that one of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. if people believe the game is rigged, if people no longer believe that you can start out anywhere and end up at the top successfully, in america, that the american dream is part of the past, i think that erodes sense of belief and confidence in our nation. it makes us...
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. >> as great and educational as this trip was, as inspirational as this trip was, it was also a journey of heartbreak and anguish. and it was a journey of hope. for me, this trip has been totally about touching the pain of the world as real for all these people we've seen, and being hopeful. we have hope that the pain of the world isn't the end of the story. and that frees our imagination to think of our world in a new place. to think of this place between the partisan politics to a center, to think of a church where everyone could be cared for. to think of a lobby like ours, where we could really be voices for the folks who are at the margins. it frees up our imagination. the bus trip was a prophetic imagination, it turns out, and who knew it? it's fabulous. >> sister simone, this trip thoroughly entwines you in faith and politics. and now you're engaged in a partisan battle over the ryan budget. what does this activism do for your contemplative life, which i know is very much a part of who you are? >> well, it's the, from my perspective, it's the fruit of my contemplative life. for me
. >> as great and educational as this trip was, as inspirational as this trip was, it was also a journey of heartbreak and anguish. and it was a journey of hope. for me, this trip has been totally about touching the pain of the world as real for all these people we've seen, and being hopeful. we have hope that the pain of the world isn't the end of the story. and that frees our imagination to think of our world in a new place. to think of this place between the partisan politics to a...
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it is a thrill for me, and it also reminds you that you do not have to have a great education to go into journalism. both of us started in the trade at the age of 16. and there is no other trade we would have enjoyed so well. we will be right back with a great program for you. >> and now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist , llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i have a wonderful group of people here to analyze the news for you. linda gasparello, co-host of the program, and today, a guest we're happy to have with us, laure mandeville, michael fauntroy of george mason university and from "nightly business report," laure mandeville -- darren gersh. what do you think of the consequences of the french election and austerity? >> it is interesting, because we're going to find out if francois hollande is a dangerous man. i think what we're actually going to find out is that he is pragmatic. he is pragmatic in the way he has to deal with the euro. there are obviously problems in france with employment. he is not going to w
it is a thrill for me, and it also reminds you that you do not have to have a great education to go into journalism. both of us started in the trade at the age of 16. and there is no other trade we would have enjoyed so well. we will be right back with a great program for you. >> and now, your program host, nationally syndicated columnist , llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. >> hello again, and thank you for coming along. i have a wonderful group of people here to...
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behind a country with formidable economic problems, but also one with enviable standards of health and education, and all now rooted in a system where the majority, not the lead, and determine the future. -- nottie eat, determine the future. -- not the elite, determine the future. >> earlier today, pope benedict touched down in havana. while the trip has been full of pageantry and warm reception, government officials have made it clear that political reform is not in the cards. and when it comes to the church in cuba, it has come under criticism of its own for not doing enough to speak out in support of human rights and other values it represents. >> for four decades, the statue of christ towered over an atheist cuba. it was never removed for the revolution, but this is a secular country now. the catholic church is busy reassessing itself. this is a breakfast club for schoolchildren in a poor neighborhood of havana. it is one of a dozen of church projects in a country where so much is controlled by the state. we are not trying to compete with the government, he tells me. we're just here to help.
behind a country with formidable economic problems, but also one with enviable standards of health and education, and all now rooted in a system where the majority, not the lead, and determine the future. -- nottie eat, determine the future. -- not the elite, determine the future. >> earlier today, pope benedict touched down in havana. while the trip has been full of pageantry and warm reception, government officials have made it clear that political reform is not in the cards. and when...
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in the background it always had been a sweet, nice girl, but, you know, she wasn't sophisticated or educated or anything up to his intellectual standards, and so she was always sort of left in a corner and faithful, he was in some respects i mean he always looked after her, but then, the next one was dora, dora moore. >> the surrealist girls who was -- who had been -- she had been a mistress of various surrealist monsters who sort of at all her all about depravity and everything else, so she was a fine -- when picasso first of all picked her up he had seen her in cafe fleur and black gloves on and using a knife and trying to stab the table between her fingers, and sometimes missing. and he found this so weird watching her do this in the cafe neuro, she was masochistic and part you go slav and partly french and .. i was extremely fond of her but very neurotic and more or less destroyed by picasso and she went to a psychiatrist and ultimately recovered and became a religious maniac, but that was -- so, francoise comes along who is the first sort of rational, well educated extremely bright, new
in the background it always had been a sweet, nice girl, but, you know, she wasn't sophisticated or educated or anything up to his intellectual standards, and so she was always sort of left in a corner and faithful, he was in some respects i mean he always looked after her, but then, the next one was dora, dora moore. >> the surrealist girls who was -- who had been -- she had been a mistress of various surrealist monsters who sort of at all her all about depravity and everything else, so...
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harvard educated guy, he organized an olympics. these are the things the chinese understand. >> rose: right. >> it's turned out he's been the most stridently anti-china -- >> rose: and the first thing he says he deal -- >> exactly. so the chinese have had this unpleasant wakeup call with mitt romney. >> rose: good to see you. >> my pleasure, thanks. >> rose: even osnos, we'll be back. stay with us. >> rose: anouk aimee is here;. she has been an icon of french and international cinema. she's acted in over 80 movies. in 1960 live magazine called her "the left bank's most beautiful resident." here's a look at some of her work. >> you don't know me at all. you followed me in the streets,, now you love me. it can't be very serious, can it? >> believe me, you'll get over him. you're a strong woman. right? >> yi, i'm a strong woman. >> in love you can forgive to be betrayed but i don't think you can be betrayed in friendship. you know, in love you can because passion and all that. if you love men, you have to admit it that they're cowarar
harvard educated guy, he organized an olympics. these are the things the chinese understand. >> rose: right. >> it's turned out he's been the most stridently anti-china -- >> rose: and the first thing he says he deal -- >> exactly. so the chinese have had this unpleasant wakeup call with mitt romney. >> rose: good to see you. >> my pleasure, thanks. >> rose: even osnos, we'll be back. stay with us. >> rose: anouk aimee is here;. she has been an...
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that means infrastructure, that means education, that means innovation. in order to do that, we have to come together also around our fiscal challenges. again, we are in a good position today to do that but it does require people to come around both sides of the political spectrum. we know we need to rules our deficits and get our debt on a decleanindeclining pat several . >> rose: right now we neat growth. >> we need growth. right now we need an insurance policy against shocks that might come from abroad. that's why it's so important that congress came together around extending the payroll tax cuts. we can do that. we have the capacity as a nation to both support short term recovery, job creation, extraordinarily important and chart a fiscal path forward. we've tried to do that in the budget. it's going to require both revenues and expenditures to be on the table. but that is just a, the very clear pat forward. and it requires some hard choices. >> rose: looking to the visit recently by president china what was achieved by that visit and the understandin
that means infrastructure, that means education, that means innovation. in order to do that, we have to come together also around our fiscal challenges. again, we are in a good position today to do that but it does require people to come around both sides of the political spectrum. we know we need to rules our deficits and get our debt on a decleanindeclining pat several . >> rose: right now we neat growth. >> we need growth. right now we need an insurance policy against shocks that...
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legal defense and educational fund, which filed an amicus brief in this case. and richard kahlenberg is a senior fellow at the century foundation. he wrote a recent report arguing for race-neutral admission policies that he says foster diversity. you were at the court, debo. what's at stake under coming classes of rising freshmen and their families seeking admission to public universities in this case? >> well, the stakes are very high. it's clear that everybody recognized today that diversity in higher education is a compelling interest. it's something that benefit all the-- all the students benefit from-- blark white, latino, asian. everybody benefits from these cross-racial interactions. and too many of our high schools are racially identified. there's lot of residential segregation leading to segregation in school, not by law but by practice. the result is too many kids don't have these interactionsess until they get to college and are able to learn from each other and break down stereotypes. the ramification of this case could be far reaching depending on
legal defense and educational fund, which filed an amicus brief in this case. and richard kahlenberg is a senior fellow at the century foundation. he wrote a recent report arguing for race-neutral admission policies that he says foster diversity. you were at the court, debo. what's at stake under coming classes of rising freshmen and their families seeking admission to public universities in this case? >> well, the stakes are very high. it's clear that everybody recognized today that...
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it's on the mend again thanks to jobs in health care and education as housing slowly recovers. tom hudson, "n.b.r.," homestead, florida. >> susie: we learned just moments ago that a california jury has reached a verdict in the legal dispute between apple and samsung. we're still waiting for that verdict to be read in court and we'll have an update a little later in the broadcast. meanwhile, a court in south korea has found that apple and samsung are both guilty of infringing each other's patents. a three-judge panel ruled that apple violated two samsung patents and samsung violated one apple patent. both companies have been ordered to pay small penalties about $20,000 each and to stop sales of their infringing products in south korea. shares of apple edged higher on that ruling, as did many other stocks, making today a pretty good end to a pretty bad week for the market. investors were optimistic the fed still have tools to stimulate world economies. the s&p 500 briefly traded below 1,400 this morning. ultimately, the index stayed in positive territory throughout most of the da
it's on the mend again thanks to jobs in health care and education as housing slowly recovers. tom hudson, "n.b.r.," homestead, florida. >> susie: we learned just moments ago that a california jury has reached a verdict in the legal dispute between apple and samsung. we're still waiting for that verdict to be read in court and we'll have an update a little later in the broadcast. meanwhile, a court in south korea has found that apple and samsung are both guilty of infringing...
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. >> jeremy lin's success has prompted taiwan a society to rethink their emphasis about education above everything else and encouraging people to follow their passions. the man himself is keen to keep his feet firmly on the ground. >> this is a lot right now that i'm getting used to it a little more and on this is spending as much time with my family. they are constantly giving advice and keeping the ground in helping you with this whole transition. >> jeremy lin is not only popular because of this great movement, he is also a source of tremendous pride. officials from the taiwanese basketball association said that his popularity is linked to the sense of national identity. they want a sense of nationality and not just the province of china. >> when jeremy competes, taiwanese fans in courage other taiwanese to go to the game. this is very helpful for our overall image. it lets everyone know that jeremy lynde and taiwan are linked. -- jeremy lin and taiwan are linked. >> this has brought inspire youngsters and all the taiwan to believe that the small islands can achieve anything that set
. >> jeremy lin's success has prompted taiwan a society to rethink their emphasis about education above everything else and encouraging people to follow their passions. the man himself is keen to keep his feet firmly on the ground. >> this is a lot right now that i'm getting used to it a little more and on this is spending as much time with my family. they are constantly giving advice and keeping the ground in helping you with this whole transition. >> jeremy lin is not only...
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. >> in today's world, educated people have a right to have a voice. that voice has the right to be heard. if it leads to decisions that challenge institutions, that is what we call progress. >> 1/4 of ireland's active priests support the new movement. they say the church in ireland must find a way of winning trust before it is too late. bbc news in dublin. >> in a lavish ceremony of the kremlin today, there was a sense of deja vu as vladimir putin once again returned to the top of russian politics. if he completes his six-year presidential term, he will become the longest serving russian leader since josef stalin. the fact lost on those who tried to protest at his inauguration. we have this report from moscow. >> gliding through silent moscow, vladimir putin is the president of 140 million people. this morning, the streets were deserted. no one was allowed to watch him pass as he headed for the kremlin and his third term. the ceremony in the grand kremlin palace oozed power. the former kgb officer still appears untouchable despite the seating rivalrie
. >> in today's world, educated people have a right to have a voice. that voice has the right to be heard. if it leads to decisions that challenge institutions, that is what we call progress. >> 1/4 of ireland's active priests support the new movement. they say the church in ireland must find a way of winning trust before it is too late. bbc news in dublin. >> in a lavish ceremony of the kremlin today, there was a sense of deja vu as vladimir putin once again returned to the...
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. >> rose: some people be you have been part of her education. >> um... plaimaybe the combination that s place in changes-- exchanges between a person who started physics, like mrs. merkel and the modest economies may be productive. >> rose: one of the things you pointed out to me this summer which i particularly found fascinating, there's also culture here, the culture of individual nations. >> it's almost only culture. >> rose: meaning? >> meaning that-- i mean, culture is how people behave, what-- for example, anglo-saxons, the u.k., the u.s., tend to see a bigger role for economic activities in the sense of aggressive management of demand through budgetary aggressiveness, if needed monetary policy. not so the germans, the germans are more linked to the notion-- i sometimes say for gem ans it is-- they see growth as something flowing to the benefit of those who practice virtue. virtue for a household is to engage in a lot of savings, being moderate in consumption, for a government is not to run a deficit. for a country, virtue is to have your balance o
. >> rose: some people be you have been part of her education. >> um... plaimaybe the combination that s place in changes-- exchanges between a person who started physics, like mrs. merkel and the modest economies may be productive. >> rose: one of the things you pointed out to me this summer which i particularly found fascinating, there's also culture here, the culture of individual nations. >> it's almost only culture. >> rose: meaning? >> meaning that-- i...
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to say something to read his hand was forced not only by vice- president biden but from secretary of education arne duncan. the timing was not his own. he did the best he could under the circumstances, but he was going to anyway. >> evan? >> it is good to see a politician say something he believes. i think he believes in gay marriage, or for this to come after -- i think they called them joebombs in the white house. give him credit for coming out for something he believes in. >> nina? >> it is a risky step. on the one hand, it will energize his base and provide added money from the community, and the democrats were very worried about having enough cash for the presidential election with all the super pacs. but the republicans seem uncomfortable about it, too. nobody is quite sure how this is going to play out. i give the president some credit for taking a risk with the position that is not at all clear it will benefit him in the long run. >> hollywood was waiting for the present with open arms and open checkbooks this weekend. anyway, consider this -- john boehner, house speaker, says it is ti
to say something to read his hand was forced not only by vice- president biden but from secretary of education arne duncan. the timing was not his own. he did the best he could under the circumstances, but he was going to anyway. >> evan? >> it is good to see a politician say something he believes. i think he believes in gay marriage, or for this to come after -- i think they called them joebombs in the white house. give him credit for coming out for something he believes in....
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he is educated the way a plutocrat is educated. he had an opportunity to join the plutocracy. he could very easily right now be a top corporate lawyer and they know that. he thinks the way they do. he's a technocrat in the accepted matter of the plutocracy. and i think they like that. i think that's why he has such a strong reception in 2008. i think that's one element. another element, though, and i think this is something that sort of bothers them is, he isn't over awed by them. and that kind of bugs them, too. because they do think they're pretty great. >> to answer your question about why is he -- why doesn't he take the sort of attitude of an fdr or teddy roosevelt? i just think barack obama has surrounded himself with people like larry summers, like bob rubber and he's accepted a lot of justification and arguments that come from wall street and the business community. so i don't think he feels genuine class-based rage towards this community. i just don't think that's in him. i think if you listen to rush limbaugh and sean hannity and the likes, they really believe that s
he is educated the way a plutocrat is educated. he had an opportunity to join the plutocracy. he could very easily right now be a top corporate lawyer and they know that. he thinks the way they do. he's a technocrat in the accepted matter of the plutocracy. and i think they like that. i think that's why he has such a strong reception in 2008. i think that's one element. another element, though, and i think this is something that sort of bothers them is, he isn't over awed by them. and that kind...
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very high education achievement levels. very high performing school systems. an economy and jobs that were created with the unique partnership between the federal government and the private sector. >> reporter: but republicans like governor bob mcdonnell, say not so fast; that even with a healthy jobs picture, residents here know the president's policies haven't worked. >> we're $5 trillion more in debt. we have no energy policy that is working. so it's time for a change. >> woodruff: just one year after these suburban counties turned blue for obama, an emphasis on jobs helped mcdonnell to a double digit victory winning them back. but a deeply conservative state legislature that made national news pushing mandatory trans- vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions has since hurt republicans with moderate voters. and, with romney's pick of wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate-- a new dynamic has been added to both campaigns' efforts to appeal to female voters. an avowed catholic, ryan is strongly anti-abortion, as is romney. women made up 54
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. >> what we're looking at doing is doing education in a different way, where the colleges come together with us and start working with these young people while they're still in high school. >> suarez: judy woodruff looks back at the major decisions in this high-impact supreme court term with historian michael beschloss and marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: and on this most american of holidays, we turn to the men who signed the declaration of independence and what happened to them after they did. >> they were placed under house arrest. they had-- they were allowed to write letters home. they were visited by physicians. no one was ever tortured. that's something i have seen over the years and it is wrong. every time i see it, i shudder. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. a
. >> what we're looking at doing is doing education in a different way, where the colleges come together with us and start working with these young people while they're still in high school. >> suarez: judy woodruff looks back at the major decisions in this high-impact supreme court term with historian michael beschloss and marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: and on this most american of holidays, we turn to the men who signed the declaration of...